# Ross and Rachel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-and-rachel/591539>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 5, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-and-rachel/591539 "2011-08-05T03:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-and-rachel/591539/41 "2011-08-07T15:09:15Z")

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These are stabs at shows I don’t remember that well, but wasn’t Andy and his girlfriend (was she named Barbara?) on _Andy Griffith Show_ another example, and the 60s show _He & She_?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-and-rachel/591539/42 "2011-08-07T21:55:49Z")

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Andy and Helen were more of a “hurry up and get it over with” couple. _He and She_ was about a married couple.

Great memory of H&S, though! Considering it only ran for a single season, more than 40 years ago.

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